For the first quarter of financial year 2010/11 AT&S reported 14% increase in revenues compared with the previous quarter meant not only a respectable pre-tax profit, but was also substantially in excess of both AT&S forecasts and market expectations.

MIC Electronics of Hyderabad has entered into a Joint Venture with Taiwan’s leading manufacture of home lighting appliances leader, Home Resources Ind. Co. Ltd.

Assembleon is emphasizing the importance of integrating hardware, software and service to minimize the total cost of placement at Nepcon Shenzhen (31 Aug to 2 Sept, Booth 2C30).

SEHO Systems GmbH, a worldwide leading manufacturer of soldering systems, has completely redesigned the fluxer area of its wave soldering systems.

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces that Tirupati Municipal Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, has joined the Cree LED City® initiative, and has converted more than 140 street lights to LED fixtures in order to better light two of the city’s busiest roads.

The introduction at Semicon of Sonoscan’s high-throughput FastLine™ C-SAM acoustic microscope has brought praise from potential users of the system, Sonoscan reports.

Pending acquisition is a strategic move by ON Semiconductor to enhance its manufacturing scale, broaden its product portfolio, and expand its presence in the Japanese market.

Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers are set to make inroads into the dominant position of Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) in the mobile PC market, with the EMS share of shipments projected to more than double from 2009 to 2014, according to iSuppli Corp.

Accelerates promotion of USB 3.0 by releasing low-power host controller at low cost, a follow-up to the distinction of releasing the World’s first USB 3.0 host controller in 2009.

The new introductions expand the total Vishay range available from RS Components to over 10,000 products across passive and semiconductor technologies.

The new 5008 series combines an IEC C8 inlet with a line filter for low power applications. The EMI filter is dimensioned as a 1-stage filter for rated currents up to 2.5A and 6A for IEC and UL respectively and are available as standard or medical version.

On July 1, 2010, RAVE N.P., Inc. announced completion of its acquisition of the assets and business of Eco-Snow Systems, a former member of the Linde Group.

Tyco Electronics and ADC announced today a definitive agreement under which Tyco Electronics will acquire ADC for $12.75 per share in cash, or an enterprise value of approximately $1.25 billion.

The agreement is the culmination of a partnership which, eighteen months ago, saw Magneti Marelli decide to expand its Valor® vManage installations for assembly traceability and feeder verification worldwide, including manufacturing sites in Italy, Spain, and Mexico.

Private equity firm CX Partners is close to buying 20% stake in electrical products company, NTL Electronics India for around Rs.120 crore.

Yogesh Sarin, former Supply Chain Manager at Bangalore based EMS company Elcoteq Electronics India Pvt joined Dell as Director - India Service Logistics.

Royal Philips Electronics will organize the second Connectivity Plugfest from 13 - 15 July 2010 at Philips Innovation Campus with Tektronix Inc, one of the leading companies in test and measurement instrumentation, as its technology support partner.

Economic research firm e-forecasting.com today announced that the Asia Pacific Semiconductor Chip Sales leading indicator went up in May by 0.8 percent to a reading of 371.3, after an increase of 1.3 percent in April. The index was set to average 100 in 2000.

IPC of US and the Indian Printed Circuits Association (IPCA) have submitted comments in response to the Indian Government’s Ministry of Environment and Forests draft notification of E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2010.

First authorized distributor in Asia to launch an electronic components e-commerce site with an integrated China payment capability.